Selection of machinery system for farms of coastal Orissa [India] for paddy-groundnut-mung crop rotation.
Behera, B. K., Das, D. K., Mishra, D. and Mohanty, S. K.
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America Year: 1998 Vol: 29 Issue: 1 Pages: 22-26 Ref: 7 ref.
1998
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The least cost method was adopted to determine the optimum size of power source and machinery requirements for different farm sizes. For farms of up to 5 ha, a pair of bullocks are suitable as the power source, combined with an electric motor to operate the thresher and other stationary machinery. For farms of over 5 ha, the power source should be a tractor for tillage, seeding, harvesting and an electric motor for postharvest operations. In order to reduce the cost of operation and time requirements, it is advisable to mechanize operations such as transplanting, seeding, weeding and harvesting which are time consuming and labour intensive.